17th-18th March, Days 1-2, Auckland to Norfolk Island 06.00: 35*57'S  175*12'E  18.00: 35*05'E  174*32'E We started our journey in Auckland NZ on the MV Enderby which is a Ice strengthened Russian research vessel built in 1982 and leased by Heritage Expeditions. Heritage runs mainly birding tours to such places as the Ross Sea down in Antarctica, Macquarie Island and the islands in between. This trip was for 33 days and we hoped to visit Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, Bonin Islands...

24th March Day 8  New CalendoniaThe Riviere Bleue Park 06.00: 22* 29'S   166*15'E     18.00: 22* 27'S   166*14'E Rise and shine it's 3am, you've got to be joking!  But sure enough, up we all rose for a 4.15am departure to the Riviere Bleue Park, 50 klms east of Noumea and about one and a half hours drive by coach. We arrived bleary eyed to the sound of raindrops on the roof of the coach, little did we know that it...

31st March Day 15 Guadalcanal-Honiara-Mt Austin 06.00: Mt Austin 1200'asl 18.00: 08*49'S 159*05'E This morning we rose at 4am and we landed in the zodiacs just after 5am where the inter Island ferries take on supplies and passengers in Honiara. From there we boarded 2 small buses and 2 four wheel drives for the trip up to Mt Austin which sits behind the Solomon’s capital, our progress became fairly slow due to the condition of the road that...